21 Moneybrannon Road

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Detached single-storey rendered tin over thatch dwelling, predaing 1831, abutted by linear single-storey extension to the north built c.1950. Rectangular on plan facing with the west gable fronting directly onto Moneybrannon Road.

Pitched corrugated iron roof over straw thatch with two replacement brick chimneystacks. UPVC guttering and mesh wire retaining straw thatch. Lime-wash over rubblestone walling. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills and single-pane timber sash windows.

Front elevation is three windows wide with a square-headed door opening to the east end having a replacement timber glazed door. The later extension has a shallower pitch to sheeted asbestos roof and runs flush to the front elevation by a further three windows and machinery bay. Steel casement windows to this structure and corrugated synthetic sheeted roof.

West gable fronts onto the road with lime-washed rubblestone wall surmounted by brick chimneystack.

Rear elevation not visible.

East gable abutted by above extension.

Setting
Set perpendicular to the road at a lower level, the site is sheltered and retains mature trees and hedgerow boundaries.

Roof Corrugated iron over thatch
RWG UPVC
Walling Lime-wash over rubblestone
Windows Single-pane timber sash

Historical information

Numbers 21 and 23 Moneybrannon Road are two vernacular dwellings arranged in a linear fashion with gable end to the road and attached outbuildings to the east. The two houses and attached outbuildings pre-date the first edition OS map of 1831-2 and by the second edition of 1849-52 an outshot had been added to the rear of number 21. A small extension has been added since 1923 that is not shown on historic map editions.

The occupiers at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (1856-64) were John Knox, who leased the house, offices and 21 acres of land from the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers, and Mary Stewart to whom John Knox sublet the second house. The primary residence was valued at £2 and the secondary at 5s. In 1885 Thomas Knox took over the main house and the secondary house was absorbed into the valuation of the first, raising it to £2.5s. Thomas Knox became the owner in fee in 1891 and is listed in the 1901 census as resident with his sister Letitia. The three-room thatched house was designated second class and was still thatched in 1911. The building was taken over by William Roxborough in 1917 and Ellen Roxborough in 1927, but appears to be currently uninhabited.

References:

Primary Sources

1. PRONI OS/6/5/11/1 First Edition OS Map 1831-2
2. PRONI OS/6/5/11/2 Second Edition OS map 1849-52
3. PRONI OS/6/5/11/3 Third Edition OS Map 1904
4. PRONI OS/6/5/11/4 Fourth Edition OS Map 1923
5. PRONI VAL/12/B/30/1A-F Annual Revisions (1864-1929)
6. Griffith’s Valuation online

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Detached single-storey rendered tin over thatch dwelling, built c.1800, abutted by linear single-storey extension to the north built c.1950. Rectangular on plan facing with the west gable fronting directly onto Moneybrannon Road. The later extension detracts from the vernacular house's character. The house retains most of its original external appearance but there is insufficient evidence to suggest that it meets the listing criteria.